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Stocking Filler Ideas

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We all know Christmas is only 3 weeks away (It only seems like yesterday that i was starting year 11!), So i thought it was a good idea to perhaps share some of my favorite stocking filler ideas. I know it is usually only little children who are given stockings, but in my house, I do one for mum and she does one for me, but the things i will mention aren’t really age specific. Christmas is my all time favourite time of year, so i think that stockings are a good way to get the christmas present shopping rolling!

Stocking Filler Idea’s

Ponche Shower Gel (£4.30/100g) Made with a shot of Tequila, I know my mum is going to love this shower gel. I think for Christmas, it’s sometimes nicer to buy a little more expensive when it comes to needs so Lush is a must have! It also reminds me of a warm summer holiday, which is also fab as my mum can’t stand the cold weather!

Snow Fairy Shower Gel (£3.50/100g) Snow Fairy is a must have for me. I love the smell so much that i feel as if i have to share it with my nearest and dearest- thus, i have bought my mother this for her stocking. It’s so inexpensive, most people could afford this, which is the best part! Christmas stockings are about giving a lot, whilst spending very little, so this kind of product is what i’m talking about!

Father Christmas Bath Bomb (£3.25 each) Who can have Christmas without Santa?! Not me for sure! I’m a total sucker for bath bombs, and one in the shape of Santa- what’s better?!Apparently, whilst this bath bomb is fizzing away, magical, Christmassy colours are produced, leaving you feeling extra festive.

Soap and Glory Hand Food Hand Cream (£2.50/50ml) With the harsh winters we have here in the UK, hand cream is vital. As it’s so vital, why not take an inexpensive, good quality hand cream and chuck it in someone’s stocking?! It makes so much sense!

Shanri La/Jake Bugg (£9.99) My mum and I are huge Jake Bugg fans. Most of the music i listen too, mums starting to love, which is brilliant in my case! With his new album out just in time, I think that a CD is a lovely stocking filler and something for after your Christmas Dinner- the whole family trying to sing along whilst doing the washing up!

Santa Socks (£12) A tradition runs in our family. This is that every Christmas, we  (Me, Mum, Gran, Granddad, my Aunt, Uncle and Four Cousins) are all given a pair of socks to wear Christmas day. We all receive them in our stockings and then wear them to my grandparents and have a competition to see who has the best socks. Don;t ask me how this tradition started. It’s brilliant either way. This year i am determined to win (whoever gives the other person the best socks wins). That in mind, I have opted for these dashing smiling Santa’s, I’m sure mum will appreciate them. These would also just make an excellent stocking filler. I know it can be difficult sometimes to find good presents- but socks are a basic need, so why not get festive?

TopShop Fairisle Snood (£16) In the cold English weather, a scarf, or snood in this case, is essential. This pretty pink and cream one from TopShop is just what i was looking for. It’s soft, comfy and most importantly, warm. What better way to wrap up warm than with a present you received in your stocking.

A Classic Christmas Film (n/a) I love getting cosy and watching a film on Christmas day. This in mind, i have found a variety of films suitable to watch on Christmas Day from Amazon, which would make a brilliant (and cheap!) stocking idea. If you have clicked the link, you can see that there are a huge selection of excellent christmas related films. I personally have ordered my mum Home Alone, Elf and It’s A Wonderful life. These are some of my favorite movies to watch around Christmas, so i know mum will love then!

Well, That’s all I’ve got for my mum’s stocking! I wrapped all the presents last night and they all fit perfectly in the over sized sock.

I hope you all have a good time xmas shopping!

Good luck, lovelies!

rosie x

 

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R.E: My Summer Holiday Bucket List.

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So.. things didn’t exactly pan out like i expected.

I’m such a lazy and unorganized person that keeping to my summer holiday bucket list was extremely difficult. However, i did manage to succeed in some of the activities listed below!

My Summer Holiday Bucket List

  • Do all of my homework/summer projects properly & don’t leave them til last minute. How am i down at the first point already?! Okay, im a failure. I left all of my summer projects til literally last minute. I didn’t bother with it- and why should i, it was my summer holidays for christ sakes;) Give a girl a break aye?
  • Make an effort to see my friends ans have a good time with them. So i achieved this one! I had some really lovely outings with my friends in the summertime, including shopping trips, picnics, sleepovers and movie days- these are the moments worth cherishing!
  • Have camp out’s in the garden with my friends, pizza and cheesy movies.So, it rained when i got back from holiday. But i still had plenty of sleepovers and pizza dates with my lovely friends- so i hope this counts?
  • Do something for charity. Oops… Truth is, I was too shy to even attempt to ask about doing this- maybe thats a new thing i should try and do- be less shy!
  • Spend more time with my Grandparents. Woo Hoo! Another one complete! I adore spending time with my gran and grandad, and now i even take my gran to Waitrose (a supermarket) every sunday to help out. When i wasn’t on holiday, i walked down to their house and we drank tea and i helped out around theirs a bit. My grandparents practically brought me up as my mum was out working really hard for us, but when i went to secondary school, i had to see them less, so it was really nice seeing them more often and hope to carry on!
  • Go and visit my cousins down in Windsor. Every time i was free, my cousins were busy! No lie! It’s just one of those really irritating things that seems to happen. I still haven’t seen them when it wasn’t a family occasion- but we are planning to soon!!
  • Go and do some photography. Ah ha! I adore photography and did plenty of this in America over the summer and loads with my friends. Perhaps if anybody is interested i will post some of the pictures i took?:}
  • Go to The White House. I actually did this on the first day of being in America. It felt just like being in England though, i honestly kept forgetting i was on holiday. This white house was as majestic as ever. We even saw the Lincoln Memorial!
  • Visit Ground Zero. I was to upset to do this unfortunately. I just felt really sad even thinking about the concept, so me and mum decided it was safer not to, because i new i wouldnt stop crying if we did! Regret this so much now, looking back:(
  • Go to The Empire State Building. Does driving past it numerous times count? I think it does, seeing as i didn’t realize it was in fact on a busy, mainroad. Oh well;)
  • Go shopping in New York. Now this, i did plenty of. I spent most of money within the first week! Although, as we were in Maryland, Washington and Philadelphia for the first part of our holiday, i did try to save some for New York. My mum also kindly bought me quite alot of goodies.
  • Whilst on holiday, send my family and friends post cards to remind them how much I miss them. Check!
  • Buy a Star Map of New York and go and find homes of celebrities (not in a creepy way!) My mum hated this idea and thought it was “time wasting”. However, we did see Carrie Bradshaw’s apartment!- that made my vacation!
  • Do more exercise. I thought that whilst on holiday, i would be eating my hearts content! However, we tried to fit in as much as we could, meaning we walked all day long- my poor converse are in shreds!
  • Make sure to wear lots of sun cream! I hardly wore makeup, this was essential in the heat! Phew!
  • Drink lots of water!!! I don’t think i achieved this very well. considering i found out that in America, they do GIGANTIC Diet Mountain Dew bottles and spent my time drinking that- back at home i just drank pepsi max or smoothies.. Oops.
  • Go to the Dr Who experience. Done and dusted! My dad took me to Wales for three days so we could do this! I LOVED IT! 
  • Have cute days out with my friends instead of being stuck indoors. Yup!- had such a good time!
  • Use the train more (go to London or something). If going to the nearest other town to ours to hunt down the Topshop counts then yepp! I had plenty of days out, taking the train without my parents, to go shopping!:] Also used to train to go to Cardiff.
  • Spend my money wisely! I’m not even going to bother…

Well, I personally think i did pretty well considering. I hope that was entertaining enough for you. I was pretty surprised- considering i hadn’t read the list since September!

Hope you all had a fab summer!

love rosie x